Wall-paper hanger



B. G. WRIGHT.

WALL PAPER HANGER.

(No Model.)

Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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BNJAMIN e. WRIGHT, or osonoLA, Iowa.

WALL-PAPER HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,669, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed March?, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom) t may concern:`

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN G; WRIGHT, of Osceola, in the countyof Clarke and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Wall- Paper I-Ianger, of which the following is a specification.

y The object of my invention is to save time 'and labor in papering walls and to facilitate l oi' paper can be readily placed upon the roller and adjusted relative-to the base and the spiritj idly thereto by means of aset-screw, i, carried' level, and its free end fastened squarely to the top of a wall and the sheet unrolled and fastened perpendicularly and smoothly to the wall by simply moving the machine downward over the wall. f

Figure l of my accompanying drawings is a perspective vienr of my machine ready to receive a roll of paper. Fig. 2 is aperspective View, showing it in position as required in applying paper to a wall. Together these figures clearly illustrate the construction and operation of my complete invention.

A and B aretwo Wooden base-pieces, `hinged together at their side edges. The part A is beveled on its under side and has a thin front or free edge. It carries a set-screw, c, by means of whichV the two sections are adjusted and retained relative to each other when the machine is in use.

d is a post fixed on top of the part A. It has a slot and shaft-bearing in its top end.

f is a post hinged to the opposite end of the part A, and has a perforated shaft-bearing, g, fixed thereto.

h is an arc fixed to the part A to extend through a perforation in the hinged post f in such a manner that the post can be adjusted relative to the are and base, and fastened rig- 5o f by passing the free end of its shaft horizontally through the bearing y, and,dropping the other end of its shaft, which has a crank-hanand boiling it.

dle attached, vertically into the slot at the top of the post d.

l is an elastic or adjustable pulley-bearer, xed near the bottom of the post d upon the base A in such a manner that its free end can be raised and lowered by means of aset-screw, Z', to regulate the tension of a belt, m, that extends over the pulley Z, carried on the free end of the bearer Z, and also over a drive-puliley formed on or Xed to the roller a n. are fenders iixed to the hinged post f to engage the edge of the paper when a roll is placed on the roller and to keep the paper straight relative to the post as it is being unrolled and fixed to the wall. f Y

r is a spirit-level, fixed at right angles to the the 'completemachinc by means of the are and spirit-level; or I wind a sheet of wall-paper upon the roller by fastening its end to the roller and then turning the roller by means of the crank at its end. Before using themachine to apply the paper carried upon its roller, I make a paste in a common way by stirring two (2) pounds of shorts in a gallon of water After, it becomes cool, I add two (2) ounces of gum-arabic dissolved in cold water, and half (l) an ounce of glue dissolved in Warm water. I then apply the paste to the wall that is to be covered with paper by means of a brush, and hold the machine to the top ofthe wall and bring it into a level position by means of the spirit-level attached thereto, and then fasten the free end of the wallpaper squarely to the wall and move the machine downward, as illustrated by Fig. 2, to apply the paper perpendicularly and to rub it smooth and press it fast to the pasted wall by means oi' the top edge of the base-piece A, which is adjusted relative to the contiguous edge of the part B by means kof the screw c, to cause it to project toward the wall and to pre- Vent the part B from coming' in contact with .the wall.l

I claim as my invention- .j l. In :t Wall-'paper hanger, the combination 3. The paper-hanging machine composed of of zi base-piece havinga fixed post and shaft. the following elements, to Wit: the jointed bearer, cZ, ait one end, and ai hinged post, f, at base AB7 carrying 2i screw, c, the fixed post 15 the opposite end, carrying a Xed shaft-bemd, the hinged post f, carrying a fixed shaft- 5 ing, g, and @detachable roller, k, substantially bearing, g, and a spirit-level, 1", the post-ad- J as shown and described, for the purposes specijusting are ZZ, and the roller-tension device Z Z fied. 1 f Z m, substantially as shown and described, to 2. The combination of the base A, having a operate inthe manner set forth. fixed post, ZZ, and a fixed arc, c, and an adjustzii BENJAMIN G. BIGHT. -Io ble hinged post, f, carrying a spirit-level, 1'", Witnesses:

substantially as shown and described, for the JOHN B. Oris, purposes specified. JOHN R. RHEA. 2, 

